In order to address the above problem, feature of the present invention comprises: use the apparatus and method of the emission lithography of the transmitter of being with composition, wherein, and when in a vacuum with infrared ray, laser or heating arrangement heating, thermoelectric transmitter or ferroelectric transmitter emitting electrons.Transmitter is by the mask composition, so that from the electronic corrosion-resistant of transmitter ejected electron exposure on substrate, forms and the identical pattern of pattern on the transmitter.
According to the present invention, a kind of device of emission lithography comprises: one with the be separated by plate transmitter of preset distance of block substrate, this plate transmitter has a required pattern on the surface of faces substrate seat, transmitter is by a kind of thermoelectric material or ferroelectric material forms; A heating source that is used to heat this plate transmitter; And be configured in magnet or dc magnetic field generator transmitter and block substrate outside, that be used for controlling the track of the electronics of launching from plate transmitter.
Preferably, heating source is a kind of remote control heating source that produces infrared ray or laser, and perhaps one makes the contact hot plate that is heated by resistive.The heating source that forms is used for transmitter is heated to phase transition temperature or higher.
A kind of method also is provided, and this method provides a kind of 1:1 projection of emission lithography, comprising: a substrate is exposed to transmitter, and transmitter is having required pattern facing on the surface of block substrate; Between transmitter and substrate, add a voltage, allow electronics launch along the path from the transmitter to the substrate; With the magnet that is configured in transmitter and block substrate outside or the path of dc magnetic field generator control electronics; And add heat emitters.
Further, a kind of device also is provided, be used for the X:1 projection of emission lithography, comprise: one with the be separated by plate transmitter of preset distance of block substrate, this plate transmitter is having a required pattern facing on the surface of block substrate, and transmitter is by a kind of thermoelectric material or ferroelectric material forms; A heating source that is used to heat this plate transmitter; And be placed on a deflection system between transmitter and the substrate, be used to control the path of the electronics of launching from plate transmitter.
Preferably, heating source is a kind of remote control heating source that produces infrared ray or laser, or one makes the contact hot plate that is heated by resistive.Heating source produces enough heats transmitter is heated to phase transition temperature or higher.Deflection system comprises the deflector that is used to make from the deflection of transmitter ejected electron; A magnetic lens that is placed between the deflector, magnetic lens focuses on institute's ejected electron; A diaphragm with holes, this diaphragm pass through the electronics that is focused on by magnetic lens, and the electronics that departs from out from focused electron is filtered.
In addition, also provide a kind of method, be used for the X:1 projection of emission lithography, having comprised: a substrate is exposed to transmitter, and transmitter is being with required pattern facing on the surface of block substrate; Between transmitter and substrate, add a voltage, allow electronics launch along the path from the transmitter to the substrate; Use deflection system control from the path of emitter apparatus to the object that will be etched; And add heat emitters.
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Carry out in a kind of device of emission lithography with patterned transmitter according to the present invention, a kind of thermoelectric transmitter or ferroelectric transmitter be to use the mask composition and then the heating, so that the part that is covered on the transmitter is emitting electrons not, the not masked expose portion emitting electrons that covers, thus the shape of transmitter pattern is projected onto on the substrate.Because at this moment ejected electron Shu Keneng is not parallel to the path between transmitter and object, but scatter, the picture pattern that transmitter may take place blurs.Fuzzy in order to reduce, control this electron beam with magnet or dc magnetic field generator.Preferably, transmitter is heated to phase transition temperature or higher, so that enough amount of electrons are provided.
As mentioned above, with the ferroelectric transmitter of connection be with what emitting electrons contrasted, the ferroelectric or thermoelectric transmitter of device heating according to emission lithography of the present invention, as shown in Figure 1, in a vacuum, by such as 1 heating of this heating source of infrared ray, laser or well heater the time, a kind of transmitter 3 emitting electrons that form by thermoelectricity or ferroelectric material.Transmitter 3 is composition originally, thereby makes electronics in the part of masked 4 shieldings of transmitter emitting electrons not.And the local emitting electrons that covers at transmitter not masked 4.Like this, the pattern of transmitter is projected onto on the substrate 6.Because may not being parallel, electron beam 7 scatters the picture pattern that may occur bluring.Fuzzy in order to reduce, come controlling electron beam 7 with magnet or dc magnetic field generator (a kind of instrument that can produce D.C. magnetic field as electromagnet or coil).And preferably, transmitter 3 is heated to phase transition temperature Tp or higher, so that enough amount of electrons are provided.
In the 1:1 projection system, emitter structures comprises: be installed in transmitter 3 and mask 4 on the transmitter frame 2, the target that is etched is coated electronic corrosion-resistant 5, substrate 6 is fixed on the block substrate 61 firmly, and this emitter structures is placed between permanent magnet or direct current magnet generator 8 and 8 '.Voltage source 9 is added in (power supply 9 is added on transmitter 3 and the substrate 6 by transmitter frame 2 and block substrate 61) between substrate 6 and the transmitter 3.For electron projection to substrate 6, substrate 6 is used as anode.Transmitter 3 also can be heated by resistive with a heating plate that contacts with transmitter 3 (can realize by transmitter frame 2) by infrared ray or the heating of laser 1 long distance.For example, heating plate can be coated with one deck tantalum (Ta) film or metal oxide film.
In 1:1 deflection system as described in Figure 2, deflector 11, magnetic lens 12 and barrier film 13 are placed in the emitter structures front, emitter structures comprises: be installed in transmitter 3 and mask 4 on the transmitter frame 2, this deflection system is used for reflecting electron beam and forms the pattern that size has been dwindled on substrate 6.Voltage source 9 is added between block substrate 61 and the transmitter frame 2.
Following explanation proposes the principle of operation with the said apparatus emission lithography.When the emitter apparatus that has a mask 4 of composition heats in a vacuum, electron beam 7 not masked 4 part emitting electrons that cover from the transmitter 3.At this moment, power supply 9 is added between transmitter 3 and the substrate 6, thereby forms an electric field.Then, electron beam 7 is directed to substrate 6, and electronic motion can be represented in the vector component of direction of an electric field with a vector component vertical with (being quadrature) that is parallel to direction of an electric field.
As shown in Figure 1, when external magnetic field is added in when being parallel on the direction of an electric field, the motion of spinning of the electronics in electric field and the magnetic field.In other words, an electron motion vector that is parallel to magnetic field causes the motion of electronics parallel magnetic field direction, causes annular (simple harmonic quantity) electron motion perpendicular to the electron motion vector of electric field.Parallel motion combines with circulatory motion and has just become helical motion 7.Like this, helical motion just has one-period.When substrate 6 and transmitter separated the segment distance of multiple of the half wavelength that is equivalent to the helical motion cycle or a wavelength, the pattern of transmitter 3 projected on the substrate 6 exactly in one to one ratio.The principle of 1:1 projection that Here it is.Usually, by regulation voltage (electric field) and definite magnetic field and transmitter and have distance between the substrate of the object that will be etched, obtain pattern accurately.
A kind of method of finishing the 1:1 projection of emission lithography comprises: substrate 6 is exposed to transmitter 3, and transmitter 3 is having required pattern facing on the surface of block substrate 61; Between transmitter 3 and substrate 6 as a voltage, allow electronics along 6 path emission from transmitter 3 to substrate; With the magnet that is configured in transmitter 3 and block substrate 61 outsides or the path of dc magnetic field generator 8 and 8 ' control electronics; And add heat emitters 3.Heating steps can comprise: at least with a kind of heat emitters 3 that adds in infrared ray, laser, the electric resistance heater.Heating steps also can comprise transmitter 3 is heated near phase transition temperature or higher.
As shown in Figure 2, in the X:1 projection, deflector 11 and magnetic lens 12 are placed in the emitter structures front and focus on electron beam that has scattered and the size of dwindling pattern on the transmitter.Film 3 with an aperture is used for clearly throwing the pattern of transmitter to substrate 6.Because in order to dwindle the size of the picture of pattern on the transmitter that forms on the substrate 6, what generally need is small size but not large tracts of land, so emitter structures partly heats.Perhaps, the pattern on the whole transmitter projects on the substrate 6, and the size of the picture of transmitter pattern reduces, and is heated even work as whole emitter apparatus.
Preferably, emitter apparatus is heated near phase transition temperature Tp or higher temperature, obtains enough amount of electrons.For repeating projection, heating and cooling repeatedly.In this case, for obtaining high quantum of output, emitter structures preferably is cooled to more lower slightly than phase transition temperature Tp, is heated to than phase transition temperature Tp and omits height, as shown in Figure 3.This be because, amount of electrons emitted is proportional to spontaneous polarizability from transmitter, spontaneous polarizability changes between minimum operation temperature and phase transition temperature.To the minimum operation temperature, room temperature can be regarded its limit as.But, this not necessarily because phase transition can be finished in the temperature quite higher than room temperature.
The method of finishing the X:1 projection of emission lithography comprises: substrate 6 is exposed to transmitter 3, and transmitter 3 is being with required pattern facing on the surface of block substrate 61; Between transmitter 3 and substrate 6, add a voltage, allow electronics along 6 path emission from transmitter 3 to substrate; Use deflection system control from the path of emitter structures to the target that will be etched; And add heat emitters 3.Heating steps comprises: at least with a kind of heat emitters 3 that adds in infrared ray, laser, the electric resistance heater.In addition, heating steps also comprises transmitter 3 is heated near phase transition temperature or higher.Controlled step can comprise: deflection focuses on institute's ejected electron from transmitter 3 ejected electron with magnetic lens 12, after the focusing, allows institute's ejected electron filter the electronics that drifts about out from the electron focusing path by a barrier film 13.
As mentioned above, carrying out in a kind of device or method of emission lithography at the transmitter with the band composition, a kind of thermoelectric transmitter or ferroelectric transmitter are to use the mask composition.When adding heat emitters, from the masked part that covers of transmitter emitting electrons not, in the not masked expose portion emitting electrons that covers of transmitter, so the shape of transmitter pattern is projected onto on the substrate that has the object that will be etched.Electron beam need be parallel to transmitter and the object that will be etched between the path, open for preventing the ejected electron beam spreading, electron beam can be controlled with a magnet or dc magnetic field generator or a deflection system, thereby finishes 1:1 or X:1 projection.
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The wide pattern of 30 μ m is to obtain under D.C. magnetic field, 4kV Dc bias, the 2.5mm distance in 0.27 tesla.BaTiO
3Transmitter is that to add direct current by the n+Si heating plate by the n+Si plate electrically heated.4kV voltage is added between drip catcher (electronics resist layer) and the heating plate.Transmitter, drip catcher, heating plate, thermocouple are placed in and are used for test in the vacuum tube, and vacuum remains below 2 * 10
-5Holder.An electromagnet is installed in the vacuum tube outside and obtains D.C. magnetic field.
Although the foregoing description is descriptive, clearly from these instructions, does not leave essence of the present invention and just can propose other embodiment.Therefore, this instructions is intended to make the main points of the present invention that those skilled in the art can all embodiment comprise.